Critical Care (film)

1997 American film
  • James Spader
  • Kyra Sedgwick
  • Helen Mirren
  • Margo Martindale
  • Jeffrey Wright
  • Wallace Shawn
  • Anne Bancroft
  • Albert Brooks
  • Philip Bosco
  • Colm Feore
CinematographyDavid WatkinEdited byTom Swartwout
Production
companies
ASQA Film Partnership
Live Entertainment
Mediaworks
Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed byLIVE Entertainment (United States)
Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Release date
  • October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31)
Running time
107 minutesCountriesUnited States
AustraliaLanguageEnglishBudget$12 millionBox office$271,000

Critical Care is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine.[1][2] The screenplay by Steven Schwartz is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects. The film is about a doctor who finds himself involved in a fight with two half sisters over the care of their ailing father.

Cast

Reception

Writer Steven Schwartz was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay.

References

  1. ^ "Take Two Aspirin, But Don't Dare Call", New York Times, 31 October 1997
  2. ^ New York Times Magazine, 23 November 1997
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